ALT The Imperial College London team left to right: Maria Koulouri (PhD student), Nadia Angelica (MEng student 2023), Elsa Germain (MEng student 2023), Prof Michael Templeton, Benjamin Okoko (MEng student 2023) with independent sanitation consultant Jeff Broome at the Water for People Kigali office to meet Country Director Eugene Dusingizumuremyi (center left).
ALT MEng student Benjamin tested out prototypes to mix, ‘fish’ and pump out solids from pit latrines, with the aim of improving the designs and making latrine emptying easier and quicker.
ALT MEng student Elsa visited the Rulindo Vermifiltration Plant to investigate worm-based technology as a potential low-cost, modular community-scale faecal sludge treatment option.
ALT MEng student Nadia visited the Nyamagabe Decentralized Faecal Sludge Treatment Plant to investigate the performance of pyrolysis of faecal sludge under different operating conditions